Air War for the Ground War: Strategic Communications for Grassroots Organizing

Submitted by josephmwc on April 20, 2007 - 3:20pm.
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This session will be on: June 30, 2007 - 3:30pm

It will be held at: Room 1406 room at the Westin Hotel

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Organization Description

The Miami Workers Center is based in the Liberty City area of Miami, Fl. We were founded as a volunteer organization in 1999 by former union organizers Gihan Perera and Tony Romano. The Center helps working class people build grassroots organizations and develop their leadership capacity through aggressive community organizing campaigns and education programs. The Center also actively builds coalitions and enters alliances to amplify progressive power and win racial, community, social, and economic justice.

Proposal Demographics

identify as LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gendered, queer)
identify as people of color
are 25 years old or younger
are 65 years or older

Session Description

Air War for the Ground War
Strategic Communications for Grassroots organizing

Purpose: To promote the use of strategic communications work for the work of progressive grassroots organizations through outlining the Miami Workers Center’s strat comms program implemented locally, regionally, nationally.

What do participants walk away with?
v An understanding of the role of Strat Comms in relation to Grassroots organizing
v Introduction and best use practices of: ethnic and mainstream media, propaganda, e communications, self created media
v A list of resources

Participants will be engaged through lecture and presentation as well as participatory exercises. We will not be able to provide oral interpretation. We will have handout in english.


First Name

Joseph

Last Name

Phelan

Contact E-mail

joseph@theworkerscenter.org

Proposing Organization

Miami Workers Center

Organization Website

www.theworkerscenter.org

Position or Title

Communications Coordinator

Contact Telephone

305-759-8717

Event Day

Saturday, June 30th (Strategizing the Achieving of Another World)

Contact Address

6127 NW 7th Ave

Format

Slide Show, Small group Discussion, multi-media presentation

Contact City

Miami

Keywords

Communication
Community organizing and local development
Media and publication

Audience Number

25-50 people

Contact State

FL

Contact ZIP

33127

Person Reviewing

mbj